books.google.com.au - The portrayal of black men in our national literature is controversial, complex, andoften contradictory. In Racial Myths and Masculinity in African American Literature, Jeffrey B. Leak identifies some of the long-held myths and stereotypes that persist in the work of black writers from the nineteenth...https://books.google.com.au/books/about/Racial_Myths_and_Masculinity_in_African.html?id=I2EBQ2w3bKsC&q=intellectual&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareRacial Myths and Masculinity in African American Literature